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Monitoring the Oxygen Content in Bio-methane-to-grid Supply

Since 1984, Orbital has provided advanced technology solutions for the natural gas industry. Orbital’s customers, including the National Grid and the UK's gas distribution networks, rely on its crucial engineering support and specialised knowledge. Its value-added services and innovative products reduce the time it takes to identify, design and begin cost-effective delivery of new technology to the natural gas and other industries.

24 Jan 2017

Tough Aqua Material for Water Purification

Water purification processes usually make use of robust membranes for filtering off contaminants while working at high pressures. Can materials employing water as major component be made strong enough to suit such a demanding application? Israeli scientists now report in the journal Angewandte Chemie that a supramolecular aqua material can be utilized as a sustainable membrane for water purification at high pressures.

24 Jan 2017

Magnesium Elektron's SynerMag® Bioresorbable Alloy Named 2016 Product of the Year at Bionow Life Science Industry Awards

Magnesium Elektronâ€™s patented SynerMagÂ® bioresorbable magnesium alloy technology has won the prestigious 2016 Product of the Year award at the Bionow Life Science Industry Awards. Bionow is an organization that supports business growth, competitiveness and innovation within the biomedical and life science sectors across Northern England.

24 Jan 2017

Photocatalysts Capable of Reoxidizing C-H Activation Catalysts Could Revolutionize Pharmaceutical Industry

Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have demonstrated that a greener and simpler version of the C-H activation reaction can be carried out using light from a standard electric light bulb. According to the research team, this is one of the most innovative new reactions for the assembly of complicated chemical structures.

23 Jan 2017

World's First Catalyzed Reaction Initiated with Inexpensive Iron Salts

A new chemical reaction that is catalyzed using simple iron salts - an abundant, low-cost, and sustainable substitute for highly expensive and scarce metals - has been developed by researchers from the University of Huddersfield.

23 Jan 2017

New Hot Runner Nozzles For Thin-Wall And Thick-Wall Applications

The Italian hot runner specialist HRSflow will present in its Multitech line â€“ in which HRSflow has expanded hot runner solutions for multi-cavity molds â€“ new hot runner nozzles of the MTR range, designed for both thin-wall and thick-wall injection molding processes. Additionally, the company will inform about the advances of the partnership between HRSflow Multitech and Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI), a global leader in plastic packaging development for single-serve beverage and food capsules.

23 Jan 2017

Investment in Production Line Brings New Orders To Alloy Wire

Alloy Wire International (AWI), which employs 28 people across its two factories in the UK, has spent more than Â£150,000 on a host of new machinery that gives its customers access to wider and thinner or bigger cross-section profiles (up to 100mm2) in more than 60 different alloys.

From Alloy Wire International - High Performance Wire 23 Jan 2017

Researchers Use Theoretical Simulations to Characterize WTe2 Crystal

In order to characterize a category of metals with fascinating electronic properties that can help to discover other, similarly endowed materials, researchers from Princeton, Yale, and the University of Zurich have put forward a theory-based approach.

20 Jan 2017

Free webinar "Solving structure from powder data: tutorial and best practice"

PANalytical, one of the worldâ€™s leading suppliers of analytical instrumentation and software for X-ray and related techniques, announces their free webinar â€˜Solving structure from powder data: tutorial and best practiceâ€™ on February 9, 2017 presented by Dr. Gwilherm NÃ©nert, Product Marketing XRD, PANalytical B.V., the Netherlands.

20 Jan 2017

Pittcon Announces Call for Nominations for 2018 Awards

The Pittcon sponsors, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP), are pleased to announce the call for nominations for four prestigious annual awards that will be presented during Pittcon 2018 in Orlando, Florida.

From Pittcon 20 Jan 2017

Researchers Unravel the Route to Faster Recharging of Lithium Batteries

Researchers have now discovered the reason behind improvement in battery performance when charged metal atoms are added to tunnel structures within the batteries, which could help in developing faster recharging lithium batteries.

19 Jan 2017

Unique Particle Additive Technology Reduces Friction and Wear to Significantly Contribute to Engine Efficiency

Venture Capital investment includes commercial agreement High-performance additives are a critical component in engine oils, industrial oils, greases, metal working fluids and coatings Evonik’s Oil Addit...

From Evonik Industries - ROHACELL 19 Jan 2017

Nanoscale Understanding of Hair Could Lead to Development of New Materials for Body Armor

A new study carried out by scientists at the University of California San Diego explores why human hair is extremely strong and resistant to breaking.

18 Jan 2017

New Zeus LCP Monofilament Named Top Prize Winner in Innovation Tours

Recently Zeus received consecutive innovation awards at two medtech conferences for its development of a novel extruded Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) for use in percutaneous catheter-based devices. LCP monofilament addresses a market need for medical device components that are suitable for use in MRI-guided vascular intervention. LCP monofilament took the innovation award during its launch at MD&M Minneapolis in September 2016 and again at BIOMEDevice in San Jose in December 2016.

From Zeus Industrial Products, Inc. 18 Jan 2017

Latest advancements in nanoscale IR Spectroscopy – Webinar by Anasys Instruments Santa

Anasys Instruments, the world leader in nanoscale FTIR spectroscopy, is hosting a webinar on January 25th titled “10nm resolution chemical imaging with new Tapping AFM-IR”. Dr. Craig Prater, CTO, will disc...

18 Jan 2017